Not expecting, but also disappointed

Hattie 2022-04-21 09:01:13

I don't really want to read the book The Da Vinci Code, for two reasons. For one, I think the author, Dan Brown, wanted to be famous in the name of Da Vinci (he's my number one idol). Second, it became a trend because too many people watched it, and I also changed from being enthusiastic to watching it, because I didn’t like “following the trend” or blindly agreeing.

When even the movie was released, I hurried to watch it. Because, I think since this drama is adapted from this book, if you don't read the book first, you won't know much about the point of the story. I don't need to say more about the content of the book. It is a decoding story told through Leonardo Da Vinci's masterpiece. Those codes are Catholicism or Christianity that has the largest number of believers in our world today. The story, in fact, does not need to be seriously believed, it is a novel after all. But it makes people talk about history again and again, to do truth and falsehood, which I think is the most worthwhile place. A lot of things, the more you go to the anti-ban, but it will only become more and more popular. Therefore, those who oppose this novel or film should relax.

The novel is a bit ugly, but it turns out that the movie is uglier than the novel because it's too badly changed. It is too simple. Does director Ron Howard think that many audiences have not read the original book? Because people who have read this book also know the development of the story, and even the details can be remembered clearly, because this is a reasoning novel, it is necessary to To unravel the mystery, also pay attention to its branches. But the movie is really a bit outrageous, and many details are not explained, and even important parts of the story can be changed. I think the good thing about movies is that you can follow the pictures, and you can see those art treasures clearly without going to France and the UK. The rhythm is really fast, so fast that the protagonists don't have time to act, and even the soundtrack is nondescript. I'm a little disappointed with this drama, even the lead actor Tom Hanks is a disappointment, Audrey Tautou is a big disappointment (I'm a fan of her too), the other characters are Ian McKellen, Jean Reno, Jurgen Prochnow, Alfred Molina to Paul Bettany are not good-looking. This drama could have been watched well, but why is it like this? Is it the director's fault, the actors' fault, or basically the story's fault?

Most importantly, it could really be a matter of the story.


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The Da Vinci Code quotes

  • Robert Langdon: Have you ever heard those words before, Sophie, "so dark the con of man"?

    Sophie Neveu: No. Have you?

    Robert Langdon: When you were a child, were you aware of any secret gatherings? Anything ritualistic in nature? Meetings your grandfather would have wanted kept secret? Was there ever any talk of something called the Priory of Sion?

    Sophie Neveu: The what? Why are you asking these things?

    Robert Langdon: The Priory of Sion is a myth. One of the world's oldest and most secret societies with leaders like, uh, Sir Isaac Newton, da Vinci himself. The fleur-de-lis is their crest. They're guardians of a secret they supposedly refer to as "the dark con of man."

    Sophie Neveu: But what secret?

    Robert Langdon: The Priory of Sion protects the source of God's power on Earth.

  • Andre Vernet: Forgive the intrusion. I'm afraid the police arrived more quickly than I anticipated. You must follow me, please. For your own safety.

    Sophie Neveu: You knew they were coming?

    Andre Vernet: My guard alerted me to your status when you arrived. Yours is one of our oldest and highest-level accounts. It includes a safe-passage clause.

    Robert Langdon: Safe passage?

    Andre Vernet: [opening the back of an armored truck] If you step inside, please. Time is of the essence.

    Robert Langdon: [nervously, seeing the limited space available] In there?